History of Theatre 2 - Development of Classical Greek Tragedy Structure of Greek Tragedy:
Late point of attack
Violence and death offstage (Sophocles's Ajax is an exception)
Frequent use of messengers to relate information
Usually continuous time of action (except Aeschylus's Eumenides)
Usually single place (except Ajax)
Stories based on myth or history, but varied interpretations of events
Focus is on psychological and ethical attributes of characters, rather than physical and sociological.
The Origin of Tragedy: Introduction - A discussion of the history of dramatic literature, debunking previous theories that have centered their attention on the rise of Greek Drama.
The Origins of Tragedy - Exploration of the evolution of the Greek tragic drama from ancient Dionysian festivals.
Dramatic LiteratureGreek TheatreChapter 7.1: Classical Greek Tragedy (Early Greek Tragedy and **Aeschylus**)SophoclesOedipus
Aristotle's Six Elements of Tragedy
from Poetics
History of Theatre 2 -
Development of Classical Greek Tragedy
Structure of Greek Tragedy: